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Don't bet on the joys of the pokies.
We don't have the clubs and club culture here. We don't have the pokies everywhere either. (There's probably some at the casino, but I wouldn't even know.)
I find myself wondering just how much of the degree to which WA is just better than the other states can be traced to that. According to the Productivity Commission, About 4 per cent of adults play gaming machines weekly or more often. Around 15 per cent of this group would be classified as problem gamblers, with around an additional 15 per cent experiencing moderate risks. And their share of total spending on machines is estimated to range around 40 per cent.
That's an awful lot of people.
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